WTF: Disney More Queer Positive Than Sesame Street?

If you had to choose who you thought would be the first to feature LGBTTQ characters on a show, Disney or Sesame Street, who would you pick?

That’s right. Disney. Disney is more queer positive. The empire that is methodically princess-ifying every little girl on the planet features lesbian mom characters on an episode of Good Luck Charlieairing this fall.

While the two-mom family will only appear in one episode, the show isn’t about the fact that Charlie has a friend with two moms. The lesbian moms just happen to be there, like they’re no big deal at all. Meanwhile Sesame Street, the multi-coloured muppet-dominated non-profit that tells girls to love their natural hair and that “Princess is not a career,” whose recent Little Children, Big Challengesvideos tackle serious issues like illness, divorce, and having a parent in prison offers zip, zero, nothing, nada on the queer front.

What’s wrong with this un-rainbow coloured picture? As I’ve written in the past and as Mombian recently wrote, it’s long past time for Sesame Street to introduce some queer content on their show.